regalar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.ɡaˈla(ʁ)/
regalar is spelled R-E-G-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to treat (to reward with a present)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar regalo; alegrar”.
What does regalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to treat (to reward with a present)
- 2
to regale (to treat or entertain)
- 3
to chill out (to relax or take time out)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar regalo; alegrar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of regalar
- regalo first-person present singular
- regalei first-person preterite singular
- regalado participle past
- regalares infinitive second-person singular
- regalarmos first-person infinitive plural
- regalardes infinitive plural second-person
- regalarem infinitive plural third-person
- regalando gerund
- regalados masculine participle past
- regalada feminine participle past
- regaladas feminine participle past
- regalas indicative present second-person
- regala indicative present singular
- regalamos first-person indicative plural
- regalais indicative plural present
- regalam indicative plural present
- regalava first-person imperfect indicative
- regalavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regalar?
- Brazil /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.ɡaˈla(h)]
- /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regalar in Portuguese?
regalar appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).